Counter Offer
The Helm Diner, Caldmere
Someone convinced eighty-one-year-old Vera Stimple that her Tuesday pie was free — by pretending to be the owner. The Helm's actual owner wants a word.
Everyone has something to hide.
The university's rising star. Published, grant-funded, and absolutely relentless. Direct, impatient, principled. Her students worship her; her colleagues resent her.
A French-Canadian transplant who came to Caldmere for the seafood. An extraordinary chef, a terrible businessman. His food is transcendent. His management style is volcanic.
The most talented performer in Caldmere and she knows it. Charismatic, competitive, insecure beneath the bravado. Funny in a way that occasionally draws blood.
Can you name the culprit?
Read the case file, interrogate the suspects, and make your accusation — five guesses to crack it. The deduction board and the solution are for detectives only.
Caldmere, Maine.
A small town on the Maine coast where everyone knows everyone, and nothing is quite what it seems. Explore the locations and characters behind every case.